Episode 27: 1939

This week we go back, way back, to 1939! It was a fascinating dive into an era of movies we didn't know that much about. But we learned! Oh, we learned... Here are the ten movies nominated for Outstanding Production (what they called "Best Picture" back then):

• Gone With the Wind
• Dark Victory
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Love Affair
• Ninotchka
• Wizard of Oz
• Of Mice and Men
• Wuthering Heights
• Stagecoach

As if that wasn't enough, we added a few other categories to the Oscar list like Comedy Gold, The Independent Darling, and Who Did It Best!

Why didn't Crashing Thru get nominated for being an exciting movie with a banger theme song for a tight 55 minutes while Gone With the Wind needed close to four hours to accomplish!? Over 50 movies were Westerns in 1939, Stagecoach was the shining pinnacle of the golden age of westerns. Should the doctors tell you if you're dying of brain cancer? Would you tell your husband? If not, why? And Humphrey Bogart in a non-private investigator role!? What kitchens have 15 foot ceilings!? Dark Victory covers all this weirdness and so much more.

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